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Gaglione, Picasso, 1943-

 Person

Dates

  • Existence: 1943-

Biography

William Gaglione, born in New York City in 1943, became an influential leader of the mail art movement during the 1960s. From that point he took an active role in the New York Correspondence School, along with his friend Ray Johnson, where he created his coded name "Dadaland." Long before the general public was aware of the artistic possibilities, mail artists were using rubber stamps to decorate their envelopes, finding abstract applications, and developing techniques. Rubber stamp art became an important genre within mail art, along with publications, postage stamps, photocopy, and audio cassette trade, and began to generate its own shows, magazines, and conventions. From being a contributor in the movement, Gaglione's position was to publicize the up and coming genre by utilizing the publications, shows, magazines, and audio cassettes.

 

Gaglione left New York and moved to California during the 1970s, where he founded his first company dedicated to mail art, Stamp Francisco. While living in San Francisco, he befriended other mail artists, including Darlene Domel, who he later married, and Anna "Banana" Lee. During this time, he contributed to artistamp, which is the art form of a postage stamp, but not meant to be considered real. Additionally, it was with Anna Banana that Gaglione developed Vile Magazine, which gave the opportunity for mail artists to publish their art and other publications. As Gaglione became more empowered with the mail art movement, he was known as a pioneer and developed the name "Picasso" Gaglione for all of the techniques he created.

 

During the 1990s, Gaglione focused his attention on the fine art of rubber stamping and his role as curator for the Stamp Art Gallery in San Francisco. Currently, Gaglione resides in Chicago with Darlene Domel. He owns a company, Stampland, which consists of fine art rubber stamps that he sells.

Found in 134 Collections and/or Records:

L'Art Tampon / Held, John Jr. ; Gaglione, Bill ; Bleus G ; Summers R ; Janssen R ; Daligand D ; Agius J., 1995

 Item
Identifier: CC-31004-32463
Scope and Contents

This book is a dairy of Held and Gaglione's (The Fake Picabia Bros.) tour of Europe from May 1-11, 1995. It also includes photocopied examples of the rubberstamp art of Michel Hosszu, Daniel Daligand, Guy Bleus, Rod Sommers and Ruud Janssen. The rubberstamp collaged onto the cover depicts a portrait of Held and Gaglione labeled The Fake Picabia Bros. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Dates: 1995

Letter to Carl Loeffler / Crozier, Robin; Baroni V; Filliou R; Gaglione B; Vigo EA; Xerra W; Zurbrugg N; Spiegelman L; Sackner MA; Saito T; Miccini E; Minkoff G; Padin C; Kostelanetz R., 1981

 Item
Identifier: CC-18877-19255
Scope and Contents

In response to Loeffler's request for a critical essay for his "Book on Correspondence Art" Crozier describes what it would be like to receive work from his colleagues in the mail art network. The narrative mentions over 450 names, all listed in alphabetical order. Mentions "Marvin Sackner who is the only non-artist in here or is he now..." -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Dates: 1981

L.H.O.O.Q. / Bill Gaglione., 1995

 Item
Identifier: CC-28951-30282
Scope and Contents

This stamp is appropriated from the Marcel Duchamp ready-made of the same title. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Dates: 1995

L.H.O.O.Q. / Bill Gaglione., 1995

 Item
Identifier: CC-28951-30282
Scope and Contents

This stamp is appropriated from the Marcel Duchamp ready-made of the same title. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Dates: 1995

[Memories are made of this and that] / Banana, Anna; Schraenen, Guy; Gaglione, Bill., 1978

 Item
Identifier: CC-30510-31938
Scope and Contents

The inside pages of this work on brown, textured wallpaper is viewed through an opening on its right side. Here the rubberstamped text and images of bananas and a man's head are present. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Dates: 1978

@Michael Gibbs Productions / Gibbs, Michael; Gaglione, Bill., 1975

 Item
Identifier: CC-52604-73739
Scope and Contents

This card used Gibbs'rubberstamping stating that "this is a limited edition of one million capies, of which this is no.9649." The number is handwritten in ink. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Dates: 1975

Multiplicity for Millions: The Art and History of Rubber Stamps / Helmes, Scott ; Gaglione, Bill ; Bennett JM ; Peters M ; Lipman J., 2004

 Item
Identifier: CC-42317-44327
Scope and Contents

This is an exhibition catalogue of the prIvate collection of rubber stamps of Scott Helmes and Bill (Picasso) Gaglione. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Dates: 2004

Obscene Jesters, 2010

 Item — Box 170: [Barcode: 31858072458320]
Identifier: CC-51561-72660
Scope and Contents This rubberstamp set was first fabricated in 50 copies in 1979 at PSX headquarters in San Francisco CA. It was exhibited in Rubber Stamp Publications in 1980 in Amsterdam and performed in 2010 at the Stamp Art Museum in Chicago by Keith Buchholz and Picasso Gaglione. According to Darlene Domel, Picasso Gaglione's wife, creation of rubberstamp box sets has continued unabated since the late 1980's. "These box sets pay homage to the famous FLUX POST KIT 7 created by George Maciunas in a limited edition in 1967, but are unique and faithful only to Picasso's personal vision. He produces every set individually. Each box concept develops from some unique idea or a little known fact gleaned from his art research on Dadaists, Fluxists, and contemporary mail artists. It may or may not relate to rubberstamp activity but usually has some element of stamping in it. Some sets pay homage to artists that he admires. Some capture a moment in art history or document the activity of an artist who...
Dates: 2010